Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:58:32 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> To: Sergei Gnezdov <sgnezdov@pobox.com> Cc: Questions FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mailing Lists (and high volumes) vs Newsgroups Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0501030956520.2008@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> In-Reply-To: <1104714423.63517.39.camel@owl2> References: <1104714423.63517.39.camel@owl2>
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On Sun, 2 Jan 2005, Sergei Gnezdov wrote: > Although I've been using FreeBSD for several years, I have not been > active with mailing lists at all. I preferred to use newsgroups search > and a little bit of posting. > > I am wondering, why mailing list is the official support mechanism (as > opposed to newsgroups)? Ruby seems to be supported through newsgroups > quite nicely. You mention Gnus as your newsreader. Try using it for mail then. It's quite workable. Then you get all the benefits of news that you need. /Andreas -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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